Dear empyre subscribers, Many thanks again to Anna Munster and her guests for the October discussion of Networked_art. As I was re-reading the posts again yesterday, I was struck by the fact that our discussion this month resonates. The process of networking via the internet has a vast range of positive and negative affects and outcomes. As practitioners, theorists, programmers, and educators we will take the opportunity this month to pause and reflect critically on the omnipresence of the concept of viral economies within the network and the act of networking on the internet and its affect on culture. While I remain here in Upstate New York, Tim is en-route to Taipei via a brief over-night stop on the West Coast. Both of us will be your hosts this week as bookends one East and one West. We are hoping that all of you in-between will join in. An introduction of our topic and guests' biographies is coming soon. Stay tuned. Renate
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